In the interval between January and June 2012, the ePay service allowed Dubai consumers to pay a total volume of fees adding up to approximately USD 545 million (around 2 billion UAE Dirhams). According to the same source, the number of transactions processed in the interval under review reached over 1.6 million. The preferred payment instruments for consumers were credit and debit cards, the source reports.
The Dubai e-government authority also allows consumers to pay their government fees online via their mobile devices. In the January and June 2012 interval, over 15,000 transactions were carried out via its mobile payment gateway mPay.
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